And He said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.” (Mark 4:9 ESV)
A Joke
Jesus told a parable about a farmer who planted grain in various locations. This grain produced crops in some places, and not in others. The type of soil (from rocky to fertile) had different results.
But Jesus made a pun at the end of the parable. We see it (and ignore it) in English. The farmer is planting grain, which is harvested as a large number of kernels, or ‘ears.’ Jesus then puns about receiving God’s Words in OUR ‘ears.’
Surprisingly, In Aramaic, the language Jesus was speaking, the same pun occurs. “Ozen” is both the fruit of grain, and our hearing organ.
I admit it is not GREATLY profound.
But I smile realizing that Jesus used puns.
He likes to laugh.
And therefore He likes us to laugh.